{"product_id":"9780735282230","title":"Code Noir","description":"\u003cb\u003e***WINNER OF THE 2025 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION*** \u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE 2024 DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 TRILLIUM BOOK AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE 2024 ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE 2024 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 SUNBURST AWARD\u003ci\u003e • GLOBE AND MAIL'S \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOKS OF 2024 • CBC'S BEST CANADIAN FICTION OF 2024 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGroundbreaking, dazzling debut fiction from one of Canada's most exciting and admired writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanisia Lubrin's debut fiction is that rare work of art—a brilliant, startlingly original book that combines immense literary and political force. Its structure is deceptively simple: it departs from the infamous real-life “Code Noir,” a set of historical decrees originally passed in 1685 by King Louis XIV of France defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire. The original Code had fifty-nine articles; \u003ci\u003eCode Noir \u003c\/i\u003ehas fifty-nine linked fictions—vivid, unforgettable, multi-layered fragments filled with globe-wise characters who desire to live beyond the ruins of the past. Ranging in style from contemporary realism to dystopia, from futuristic fantasy to historical fiction, this inventive, shape-shifting braid of stories exists far beyond the enclosures of official decrees. This is a timely, daring, virtuosic book by a young literary star. The stories are accompanied by black-and-white drawings—one at the start of each fiction—by acclaimed visual artist Torkwase Dyson.","brand":"Canisia Lubrin (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48402449563890,"sku":"9780735282230","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0541\/2713\/2865\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ddb8412f-2582-494d-a1f0-40b941807525.jpg?v=1764711982","url":"https:\/\/gatherbookshop.com\/products\/9780735282230","provider":"Gather Books \u0026 Lovely Things","version":"1.0","type":"link"}